The report concludes that the government of China has made notable progress in its efforts to tackle illegal logging and the associated trade. It has also developed guidance for Chinese companies operating overseas to promote sustainable forest products trade and investment. Nevertheless, illegal trade remains a significant problem.

Since 2000, there has been a marked increase in high-risk imports of high-value hardwood logs, particularly rosewood, from the Mekong region and African countries such as Mozambique, Benin, The Gambia, and Ghana. Another cause for concern is the continued, and in some cases increased, import of logs into China from countries in which a log export ban is in place--namely, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire.